Where does “Guatemala” come from?

Guatemala (Latin) comes from Spanish Guatemala, from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from Classical Nahuatl -tlān — place; place suffix; place of.

Ancestry of “Guatemala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishGuatemalaGuatemala
2Classical NahuatlCuauhtēmallānIximché
3Classical Nahuatl-tlānplace; place suffix; place of

Words derived from “Guatemala”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl -tlān →Every word from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān →Every word from Spanish Guatemala →